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[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

The Olympics is a treasure trove of "interesting" names, though I try not to judge most of them TOO harshly...differences in culture and all.

However, I HAVE found one name that I do LIKE...one of the Australian divers.

Briony


WDYT?

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[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Eww. I HATE that name.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Same. And "Atonement" solidified my hatred of the name.

[fireyirishangel.livejournal.com]

I prefer the spelling Bryony, but still I don't care for it too terribly much.

[jordle.livejournal.com]

Her name is pronounced funny. Usually its Bry-ony and hers is Bree-ony. The poor girl would have to spend her entire life pronouncing it.

[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

Just looking at it....I would have pronounced it Bree-ony....

[jordle.livejournal.com]

It's a fairly common name for people born late 70s early 80s in Australia and it's traditionally Bry-ony. That was the first time I've ever heard it Bree-ony.

[skittlebox.livejournal.com]

I'm Australian, and I'd pronounce it Bree-ony. Perhaps it's regional.

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

I've heard it pronounced BREE-ony, only. In the US and UK. Not very common in either place, though.

[emtotherescuee.livejournal.com]

Like "irony"?

[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

No. BRIony, not BIRony. Bree-ony

[mandidoll.livejournal.com]

my friend is named Briony and its pronounced like Irony with a b in front
not bree-ony.

[mandidoll.livejournal.com]

i have a friend in london named Briony jane :)

[lilsayermonster.livejournal.com]

Totally not related to this but they were talking about a swimmer from the Netherlands and he has a one year old daughter named Daphne. How cute is that?

And I kinda like Briony but I'd never use it.

[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

read the other comments on pronounciations, and i agree with you. i'd say bree-ony too. i saw the name first in atonement, and was distressed when i was told it was brI-ony. haha...

[aless02.livejournal.com]

It's a very Anglo & Australian name.

[smurfb1ue.livejournal.com]

I like it as well, though I'd always connote it with Ian McEwan's novel and its movie counterpart (Atonement).

[biancasablancas.livejournal.com]

I love the Olympics for names. I was waiting for someone to say the same thing!
I'm Australian, Briony is not a very common name, at least where I live. I don't really like it.

[yourcrowbar.livejournal.com]

i love that name

[shortbutfast.livejournal.com]

don't like it.

[clementine-tea.livejournal.com]

look at all the aussies coming out of the woodwork :P

ive only known one briony, and it was pronounced like irony, but with a b.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Heh, I find a couple of weird names watching the Olympics: Brent (sounds like Brett + Trent) and Lleyton (prn like Layton)

I prefer Bryony like this (original spelling, I believe), but only for girls anyway.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

Haha... Lleyton is another Aussie, and I have heard of Brent here in Australia too. Out of all the many countries in the olympics how come everyone's picking up our names as interesting? :p (just kidding)

[hopeless.livejournal.com]

Its funny, isn't it? Those names don't make me batt an eyelid.

[yukonsally]

Is Brent unusual outside of the USA? I've heard it everywhere, but I rarely leave the country.

During the last Winter Olympics, I saw an Italian ski jumper named Giacomo and named my dog after him. That's as much as I remember about the skier.

[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

It's funny that you find Brent weird, because I've known a guy named that my whole life, so it sounds normal to me! :P

(For reference, I'm Canadian lol).

[veracity]

I'm from Atlanta and I went to school with several Brents. I didn't know it was unusual.

[colliemommie.livejournal.com]

I've always heard it BRY-on-ee as well.

Not a fan. It's a weed. Used by the Romans for digestive issues.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I don't like it bree-ony, the way she apparently pronounces it; I do like Bry-ony though.

God, speaking of names at the Olympics, I saw a Jessicah. I thought it was pretty ugly.

[veracity]

I like it better spelled Bryony.